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Revenue Recognition (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020
Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract] |
Summary of Disaggregation of Revenue | The Company’s revenue consists of the following categories, which aggregate into the segments – Recorded Music and Music Publishing:
| Three Months Ended December 31, |  |
| 2020 |  | 2019 |  |  |  |
| (in millions)
Revenue by Type |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Digital | $ | 727 |  |  | $ | 633 |  |  |  |  |
Physical | 174 |  |  | 184 |  |  |  |  |
Total Digital and Physical | 901 |  |  | 817 |  |  |  |  |
Artist services and expanded-rights | 180 |  |  | 188 |  |  |  |  |
Licensing | 80 |  |  | 79 |  |  |  |  |
Total Recorded Music | 1,161 |  |  | 1,084 |  |  |  |  |
Performance | 30 |  |  | 46 |  |  |  |  |
Digital | 99 |  |  | 73 |  |  |  |  |
Mechanical | 11 |  |  | 15 |  |  |  |  |
Synchronization | 33 |  |  | 36 |  |  |  |  |
Other | 2 |  |  | 3 |  |  |  |  |
Total Music Publishing | 175 |  |  | 173 |  |  |  |  |
Intersegment eliminations | (1) |  |  | (1) |  |  |  |  |
Total Revenues | $ | 1,335 |  |  | $ | 1,256 |  |  |  |  |
Revenue by Geographical Location |  |  |  |  |  |  |
U.S. Recorded Music | $ | 481 |  |  | $ | 453 |  |  |  |  |
U.S. Music Publishing | 91 |  |  | 81 |  |  |  |  |
Total U.S. | 572 |  |  | 534 |  |  |  |  |
International Recorded Music | 680 |  |  | 631 |  |  |  |  |
International Music Publishing | 84 |  |  | 92 |  |  |  |  |
Total International | 764 |  |  | 723 |  |  |  |  |
Intersegment eliminations | (1) |  |  | (1) |  |  |  |  |
Total Revenues | $ | 1,335 |  |  | $ | 1,256 |  |  |  |  |
Summary of Revenues Expected to be Recognized in Future Related to Performance Obligations | Revenues expected to be recognized in the future related to performance obligations that are unsatisfied at December 31, 2020 are as follows:
| Rest of FY21 |  | FY22 |  | FY23 |  | Thereafter |  | Total
| (in millions)
Remaining performance obligations | $ | 712 |  |  | $ | 82 |  |  | $ | 1 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 795 |
Total | $ | 712 |  |  | $ | 82 |  |  | $ | 1 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 795 |

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